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Council approves multiple pay requests, change orders, budgets and subsidy drawdowns
Summary
Council approved several contractor payments and change orders (including Metro Construction pay request $555,616.80 and change order No.2 for $47,258.57), authorized payroll, approved personnel step increases, and authorized subsidy drawdowns including $1,500 for the Beresford Cemetery Association and $6,000 for the Beresford Community Bus.
The Beresford City Council approved a series of payments, change orders, budget items and subsidy drawdowns during its meeting.
Pay requests and change orders: Council authorized pay request no. 7 to Metro Construction in the amount of $555,616.80 related to ongoing housing development work. The council also approved Change Order No. 2 on the South 7th Street Utility Extension Project and authorized payment to First Grade Excavation for $47,258.57 (change order), and later approved the final pay request (no. 6) to First Grade Excavation for $36,125.43.
Budgets and payroll: Council authorized monthly payroll release totaling $970,840.48. Council adopted the 2026 enterprise budgets for water and golf course accounts as presented and discussed revenue and expense trends in those enterprise accounts.
Personnel actions: The council approved step increases for at least two employees listed in the record (an employee referred to as 'mister Connerboom' to $25.52 effective Dec. 11 and Rachel Johnson to $23.68 per hour effective June 2025 as stated in the meeting minutes). Motions for all of the above carried on the record.
Subsidies: Council voted to approve subsidy allocations discussed in the packet and specifically authorized drawdown requests for the Beresford Cemetery Association in the amount of $1,500 and the Beresford Community Bus in the amount of $6,000.
Executive session motion: Toward the end of the meeting council moved to enter executive session for personnel and the motion carried; the transcript records the statutory citation as read aloud during the motion.
